Re: [PATCH net-next] net: lapbether: Consider it successful if (dis)connecting when already (dis)connected

[David Miller]

From: Xie He <xie.he.0141@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue,  8 Dec 2020 14:50:44 -0800

> When the upper layer instruct us to connect (or disconnect), but we have
> already connected (or disconnected), consider this operation successful
> rather than failed.
> 
> This can help the upper layer to correct its record about whether we are
> connected or not here in layer 2.
> 
> The upper layer may not have the correct information about whether we are
> connected or not. This can happen if this driver has already been running
> for some time when the "x25" module gets loaded.
> 
> Another X.25 driver (hdlc_x25) is already doing this, so we make this
> driver do this, too.
> 
> Cc: Martin Schiller <ms@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Xie He <xie.he.0141@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thank you.